BILL NUMBER: SCR 19	CHAPTERED  05/21/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   35
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MAY 21, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 17, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 19, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 5, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 18, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 19--Relative to leaf blowers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 19, Burton.  Leaf blowers.
   This measure would memorialize the State Air Resources Board, on
or before January 1, 2000, to prepare and submit a report to the
Legislature, as provided, summarizing the potential health and
environmental impacts of leaf blowers and including recommendations
for alternatives to their use.  The measure would also request each
governing body of a city, including a charter city, or county to
refrain from enacting any new ordinance that prohibits the use of
leaf blowers until the state board submits that report to the
Legislature.




   WHEREAS, Questions and concerns have been raised about the
potential environmental impacts and health hazards associated with
the operation of leaf blowers; and
   WHEREAS, The potential impacts from exhaust, noise, and blown dust
affect both the operators of leaf blowers and the public at large;
and
   WHEREAS, There is no comprehensive review available of existing
studies of the impacts of leaf blowers on leaf blower operators and
on the public at large, or of the availability and actual use of
protective equipment for leaf blowers; and
   WHEREAS, A comprehensive review would aid in answering these
concerns about the use of leaf blowers and clarify the public debate;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby requests that the
State Air Resources Board, on or before January 1, 2000, use data and
information in existence at that time to prepare and submit a report
to the Legislature summarizing the potential health and
environmental impacts of leaf blowers and including recommendations
for alternatives to the use of leaf blowers and alternative leaf
blower technology if the state board determines that alternatives are
necessary; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature hereby requests each governing body
of a city, including a charter city, or county to refrain from
enacting any new ordinance that prohibits the use of leaf blowers
until the State Air Resources Board submits its report to the
Legislature, as requested above; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Executive Officer of the State Air Resources
Board.
